The New York Times has published an extensive account of the youngest victims of Israel’s most recent 11-day offensive, in which the Israeli forces frequently targeted residential areas of Gaza, known as the world’s largest [ More … ]
When it comes to Palestine, Egypt gives opposite messages, as the official narrative is completely different from the behavior of security forces on the ground. A citizen that may just waive a Palestine flag in [ More … ]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reaffirmed Wednesday the Palestinian position on the cessation of all agreements signed with Israeli if the later decides to impose sovereignty on any part of the occupied Palestinian territory. Abbas said [ More … ]
Nabeel Shaath’s son Ramy has been held since early July, possibly over his ‘opposition to Trump’s Deal of the Century’ Ramy Shaath, whose father is former senior Palestinian diplomat and negotiator Nabeel Shaath, has been [ More … ]
Israeli settlers prevented the entry of dozens of truckloads of basic supplies and fuel, on Sunday, into the besieged Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing. According to local sources, dozens of Israeli settlers blocked [ More … ]
An Israeli Military says the alleged attacker had worked in a factory where the shooting took place in the Barkan industrial area and was still at large A Palestinian gunman has shot dead two Israelis [ More … ]
An Israeli dream might come true if Trump declares Jerusalem the capital – but so will a Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim nightmare. Amid three catastrophic Middle East wars, it would be difficult to imagine anything [ More … ]
Palestinian farmer Mahmoud Oudeh, a 48-year-old from Qusra village, is killed by settlers while tending his field, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. An unarmed Palestinian farmer was killed by Israeli settlers, reported MME citing Palestinian Health [ More … ]
The head of the Palestinian police said on Wednesday that Hamas must disarm to allow a landmark reconciliation deal signed last month with rivals Fatah to succeed. The head of the Palestinian Authority police said [ More … ]
A 10-year-old Palestinian girl was killed on Saturday after being struck by an Israeli vehicle in the Jordan Valley of the northeastern occupied West Bank, according to Israeli sources. According to Israeli police spokeswoman Luba [ More … ]
In a meeting with the left-wing Israeli Meretz party on Sunday in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly expressed his confusion regarding the US stance on Israel and [ More … ]
A Palestinian security officer in Gaza was killed and another was injured when an unidentified assailant blew himself up near the Egypt-Gaza border at dawn on Thursday. Spokesperson of the Gaza Ministry of Interior and [ More … ]
Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah met with a delegation of Hamas deputies of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) on Monday to discuss ways to end the decade-long political rivalry between the Hamas movement, [ More … ]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Jordanian King Abdullah II in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday. Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said that Abbas and Abdullah held a closed-door meeting at the [ More … ]
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Thursday announced a new political initiative to end the Palestinian division. The movement said it is ready to dissolve the administrative committee it formed in March, immediately after a [ More … ]
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